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Alina Reh and Simone Buch won the German championship over 10,000 meters in Blizzhausen on Saturday night. The 24-year-old, who recently had to stop training completely for several months due to health issues, is celebrating a furious comeback. Both Deer and Boch were happy with the EM standard.
It was a made-to-measure comeback. Alina Reh (SCC Berlin) had to stop training for three months due to mild inflammation of the heart muscle, and returned to it only a few weeks ago. For a long time, it remained open to the possibility of starting the German long-distance championship in Blizzhausen, and the final decision was not made until Thursday. It must be worth it. The 24-year-old delivered the highlight of the day in the community 30 kilometers south of Stuttgart on Saturday.
In a dominant manner, she won her second German title at this distance after 2019 in 32: 06.63 minutes and at the same time clearly undermined the European Championship standards (32:20 minutes). “I traveled here and said to myself, ‘If I’m fifth, that’s fine. Above all, I wanted to have fun. The fact that I now even have a standard EM in my pocket is of course everything is nicer,'” said the third EM right after she returned.
At the start of the race, Alina Reh had two companions in the lead, Domenika Mayer (LG Telis Finanz Regensburg) and Katharina Steinruck (Eintracht Frankfurt). After about four kilometers, Reh was finally able to outsmart her competitors by gradually accelerating her lead and gradually expanding her range. After five kilometers, the stadium clock showed 16:07 minutes, and therefore it stabilized almost perfectly on EM standards.
Alina Rih’s Negative Split
With the spectators at Schönbuch Stadium behind her, she was able to make the second half of the race faster and thus sprint towards an undisputed victory. Katharina Steinrock managed to keep Dominica Mayer behind and finally took the silver with a new time of 32:26.28 minutes.
Mayer, who recently won the German marathon title, visibly ran out of steam in the last few kilometres, so she also had to let Kassel’s Eva Dietrich pass her, who finished third with a time of 32:40.11. . It was followed by Dominica Mayer in fourth place with a time of 32 minutes and 43.82 minutes.
Deborah Schönborn, the vice-champion of Germany last year at this distance, had to gain seventh place this time (33: 14.32 min). German long-distance champion Sabrina Mokenhaupt Gregor (LV Pliezhausen; 33:37.60 min) finished her home race with ninth in the top ten.
Simon Bush this time on top of the podium
After winning silver last year in Mainz, Simon Bosch managed to secure a place at the top of the men’s podium this time around. The Regensburg native managed to admire his running qualities and broke away from teammate Philemon Abraham by about 400 metres. In 28:11.69 minutes, the 28-year-old also remained under the required time for the European Championship (28:15 minutes). “I didn’t expect the base, but of course I’m very happy with it,” Simon Bush said afterwards.
At the start of the race, the new German champion was in a group with Filmon Teklebrhan (LAC Freiburg), Filmon Abraham and Homiyu Tesfaye (TSV Pfungstadt). Over time, however, Philemon Tekleberhan had to be demolished first, followed shortly afterwards by Homiyu Tesfaye.
The enemy’s strength decides the race
Since then, Regensburgers Buch and Abraham have duel for the top. Knowing Simon Boch’s ultimate qualities in sprinting, Filmon Abraham tried to break away in the last few kilometers – but it didn’t work. Simon Bosch stayed and finally showed his mighty power on the last lap. Soon after the lap speed, he was able to significantly speed up his pace and was able to take the lead, which he couldn’t take anymore. With 28:11.69 minutes, he managed to improve his best time by more than ten seconds.
Philemon Abraham finished second, ahead of Homiyu Tesfaye with a time of 28:15.95. Tom Förster (LG Vogtland) competed in the European U20 with a solid race, remaining under 30 minutes for the first time in 29:32.13, finishing fourth overall and taking the U23 title. He was followed by Marius Abel (SSC Hanau-Rodenbach) in second place with a time of 29:48.99, and Julian Groskopf (LAZ Ludwigsburg) on the podium in 30:33.91.
Jasmina Stahl (Hannover 96) also celebrated a dominant victory in the U-23 female. For a long time, the participant in the European Under-20 Championship was dictating what was happening at the top with Lynn Lara Klein (LG Olympia Dortmund). However, one kilometer from the finish, Klein could no longer follow the active start of Jasmina Stahl. Since then, the 20-year-old Stahl has consolidated her lead and eventually won the title with a new time of 34:11.12 minutes without any issues. Lynn followed Lara Klein in second, nearly 20 seconds behind (34:33.22). Hanna Bruckmayer of LG Finanz Regensburg took the bronze with a time of 35:01.46.
Kurt Lauer and Linda Mayer under 20 titles
In males under 20 years of age, the sprint was determined only in the final meters. Kurt Lauer (LAZ Ludwigsburg) and Constantin Carls (ASV Köln) pulled out of the rest of the field with less than two rounds left. With 300m left to finish, the man from Cologne was able to significantly speed up his pace and initially managed to break away from his rivals – but the attack turned out to be too early. Respectively, Kurt Lauer showed better reserves and progress, which he did not give up in the last meters and finally triumphed in 14: 58.53 minutes. Konstantin Karls came in second with a time of 14:58.88 minutes. Third was Tristan Kovold (SSC Hanau-Rodenbach; 15:04.68 min).
Linda Mayer (LAC Passau) had previously won the race in the U-20 class. In 17:15.83 minutes, Francesca Drexler of Regensburg (17:16.84 minutes) fell to second place. Bronze went to Carolina Schäfer (TG Schwalbach; 17:25.27 min).
All results can be found in our results section…